A\nfavorable climate, beautiful scenery and a rich cultural heritage all connive\nto make Uganda the perfect set for shooting internationally acclaimed films and\ndocumentaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\na growing film industry that is quickly gaining international recognition,\nUganda is position herself as a multifaceted filming destination and hub at the\nCannes Film Festival that is currently going on in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nUgandan delegation hosted the Uganda Day where they pitched Uganda as the\nultimate film destination to regional and international film makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sandra\nNatukunda, the Senior Public Relations Officer at Uganda Tourism Board (UTB)\nbelieves that with such exposure to a global audience of renowned film makers,\nthe Uganda film industry is destined for greater times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Uganda Day was a great opportunity for us to showcase what Uganda can offer to film makers. We showcased our unique selling points such as weather, which enables film makers to shoot all year round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Africa Pavilion at Cannes has been a very good learning point for our film makers and we believe that the lessons we take away from here will be of invaluable importance to this budding industry,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its first year at Cannes, Pavillon Afriques is one of the busiest, unique, networking and business hub at the festival this year. Uganda joined a line-up of participating countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Jamaica, USA, and Brazil among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eng. Godfrey Mutabaazi the Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) notes that this is a unique opportunity for Uganda to position local film trade and promotion that outlines the diversity and plurality of Uganda at an International level to drive television content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding that Uganda has the potential of becoming a center for filming in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pavillion\nAfrique is an exclusive business platform where film industry stakeholders are\nmeeting to discuss potential trade in Cinematography taking advantage of the unique\natmosphere of the Festival de Cannes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The festival is\nsituated within the heart of the March\u00e9 du Film, which is the world\u2019s biggest\ngathering of film industry professionals seeking to expand professional\nnetworks, develop partnerships and sell films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the theme\n\u2018Connecting the Past, Present and Future\u2019; Pavillon packs a full schedule with\na mix of private and public sector round-table discussions on film financing\nand content distribution, a series of country destination seminars,\ncelebrity-hosted panels, leadership workshops, film screenings and more, the\nprogramme is the most fascinating hub out of Cannes in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A favorable climate, beautiful scenery and a rich cultural heritage all connive to make Uganda the perfect set for shooting internationally acclaimed films and documentaries. With a growing film industry that is quickly gaining international recognition, Uganda is position herself as a multifaceted filming destination and hub at the Cannes Film Festival that is currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":9440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip"],"yoast_head":"\n